From rubble to renewal: how recycling fire debris helps rebuild California—and the planet

From rubble to renewal: how recycling fire debris helps rebuild California—and the planet

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In the wake of Southern California’s Eaton Fire, which reduced entire neighborhoods to skeletal remains, a quiet effort is underway. One that’s turning charred debris into the foundation for rebuilding. At The Bunny Museum in Altadena, co-founder Candace Frazee recently walked through the ashes of what once held over 60,000 bunny artifacts, now scorched concrete, twisted metal, and smoke-damaged earth. Yet am…